What's sillier: Christopher Nolans Casio tv or Denis Villeneuve viewfinder

Stumpled upon this thread of Christopher Nolans carrying around this silly little portable casio tv:


https://x.com/imPatrickT/status/1900252764669661341

I find it really silly. It for sure is both worse quality and harder to set the tech up than just an ipad or laptop connected to the station.

But it reminded me of Denis Villeneuves obsession with these silly little directors viewfinders:

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It's only a stick to attach the lens to. He can't be bothered to look with his eyes or stand behind the camera man. No, mr artist neeeds to look through the genuine lenses that gets used in the shoot.

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/912430